Skip to main content

Table 4 Contribution to inequalities of frequency of inpatient visits, China, 2011–2015

From: Inequity in inpatient services utilization: a longitudinal comparative analysis of middle-aged and elderly patients with the chronic non-communicable diseases in China

Variable

2011

2013

2015

ME2

Cont3

ME2

Cont3

ME2

Cont3

Predisposing variables

 

−0.0090

 

− 0.0148

 

− 0.0081

Gender

 Female1

 Male

0.0428**

0.0015

0.0581**

0.0017

0.0058

0.0002

Age

 45~591

 60~74

0.0492**

−0.0042

0.0536**

−0.0047

0.0643**

−0.0053

 75+

0.0916**

−0.0043

0.1075**

−0.0034

0.1316**

−0.0056

Education level

 Illiterate1

 Primary school

−0.0229

0.0005

− 0.0016

0.0000

0.0039

−0.0001

 Middle school

−0.0142

− 0.0020

− 0.0470

− 0.0038

0.0280

0.0015

 High school and above

−0.0290

− 0.0065

− 0.0914**

− 0.0121

− 0.0172

−0.0024

Marital status

 Unmarried1

 Married

0.0338*

0.0019

0.0047

0.0002

0.0181

0.0004

Employment status

 Unemployed1

 Agricultural work

−0.0630**

0.0216

− 0.0980**

0.0150

− 0.1035**

0.0146

 Working in units

−0.1070**

− 0.0114

− 0.1191**

− 0.0044

− 0.1717**

−0.0078

 Other working

−0.0999**

−0.0061

− 0.0849**

− 0.0033

− 0.1189**

− 0.0036

Enabling variables

 

0.1954

 

0.1775

 

0.1379

Health insurance schemes

 No health insurance1

 UEBMI

0.1202**

0.0330

0.1721**

0.0256

0.1115**

0.0141

 URBMI

0.0902*

0.0050

0.0693

0.0016

0.0765

0.0009

 NRCMS

0.0875*

−0.0362

0.1433**

−0.0316

0.0475

−0.0093

 Other health insurance

0.1204**

0.0126

0.1625**

0.0090

0.1076**

0.0077

Geographic location

 East1

 Central

0.0465**

−0.0032

0.0974**

− 0.0028

0.0322

−0.0007

 West

0.0899**

−0.0062

0.1370**

0.0006

0.0917**

0.0006

Residency location

 Rural1

 Urban

0.0064

0.0031

0.0299

0.0063

0.0013

0.0002

 PCE

0.0647**

0.1873

0.0816**

0.1688

0.0605**

0.1244

Need variables

 

−0.0275

 

−0.0206

 

− 0.0227

Self-assessed health status

 Unhealthy1

 Healthy

−0.1537**

−0.0169

− 0.2319**

− 0.0150

− 0.2533**

−0.0118

Disability

 No1

 Yes

−0.0082

0.0011

0.0309

−0.0021

0.0253

−0.0026

PADL

 No1

 Yes

0.0375**

−0.0042

0.0339

−0.0019

0.0933**

−0.0054

IADL

 No1

 Yes

0.0534**

−0.0075

0.0276

−0.0016

0.0499**

−0.0029

Residual variables

 

0.0106

 

−0.0030

 

0.0113

  1. Note: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; 1 Reference group; 2Marginal effect; 3Contribution; PCE logarithm value of the per capita household expenditure; PADL Physical Activity of Daily Living; IADL Instrumental Activity of Daily Living; UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; NRCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; URBMI Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance